Terrestrial protected areas as a share of total land area reached 15.5 % in 2014 in the Burkina Faso, according to Faostat.
This is
1.84 %
more than
in the previous year.

Historically, terrestrial protected areas as a share of total land area in Burkina Faso reached an all time high of 15.5 % in 2014 and an all time low of 13.7 % in 1991.
When compared to Burkina Faso's main peers, terrestrial protected areas as a share of total land area
in Ghana amounted to 15.1 %, 22.9 % in Ivory Coast, 8.38 % in Mali and 17.6 % in Niger in 2014.

Burkina Faso has been ranked 88th within the group of 175 countries we follow in terms of terrestrial protected areas as a share of total land area,
25 places behind the position seen 10 years ago.